Sailing

Jerry Jennings will be coaching his third sport and starting up a sport for the second time when he begins his tenure as UMass Dartmouth's first Head Sailing Coach this spring.

Jennings has made a smooth transition to his new sport. "(Director of Athletics) Ian Day approached me last year about considering heading up a new program for women in intercollegiate sailing, and I agreed to do so enthusiastically," said Jennings.

Jennings brings a unique perspective to the sport, having sailed extensively on both U.S. coasts, the Caribbean, Hawaii and Venezuela during the past 30 years. Prior to taking over the sailing program, Jennings was previously known for his coaching accomplishments in swimming and diving and women’s lacrosse covering a long and successful career coaching in these sports.

Among his accomplishments are the folowing:

- Member of the University of Maryland’s three time Atlantic Coact Conference championship teams in Swimming and Diving

- Head Coach, Diving – University of Maryland and the University of West Virginia

- Head Coach Swimming and Diving at Washington and Jefferson College,

- Head Coach Swimming and Diving UMass Dartmouth

- Meet Director, two NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships

- NCAA National Collegiate Diving Coach of the Year

- Three NCAA Championships in Diving at two collegiate institutions

- Six time New England Collegiate Diving Coach of the Year, with nine New England Champions

- Coached over 20 All American Swimmers, and 13 All American Divers at the collegiate level

- Started intercollegiate program in women’s lacrosse at UMass Dartmouth

- Coached one All American, three Little East Conference Rookies of the Year, two LEC Offensive Players of the Year and one Defensive Player of the Year in lacrosse

- Member of Women’s Lacrosse NCAA Regional Committee for New England.

Coach Jennings has the rare distinction of coaching NCAA champions at two institutions, as well as coaching All-American student-athletes in three different sports.